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Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-4·NCES 080735006427
Severance Middle School
1801 AVERY PLAZA STREET, WINDSOR, CO 80550 · (970) 833-7200 · Weld County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
225 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 231 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 232 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 207 | 31% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 32.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Severance Middle School
Severance Middle School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severance Middle School this school | 670 | 33.6% | 38.9% |
| Lucile Erwin Middle School LOVELAND | 686 | 36.9% | 29.3% |
| Centennial Middle School BOULDER | 598 | 33.1% | 52.5% |
| Westview Middle School LONGMONT | 621 | 36.1% | 50.5% |
| Roosevelt Middle School JOHNSTOWN | 695 | 29.2% | 33.5% |
| Webber Middle School FORT COLLINS | 728 | 34.9% | 53.3% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Severance Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #92 of 241 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #92 of 244 ▼ 2 | #6 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #129 of 246 ▼ 10 | #10 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #66 of 278 | #5 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #106 of 227 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #134 of 227 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #174 of 246 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.1% | #8 of 55 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
670
+82 (+14%) vs 2020
+91% since 2010-11, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 670 | 42.5 | 15.8:1 | 34% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 43.8 | 16.3:1 | 28% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 43 | 16.9:1 | 25% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 32.5 | 16.2:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 15% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 24% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Severance Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (527 to 670); teachers up 31% (32.5 to 42.5).
About Severance Middle School
Severance Middle School is a middle-grades school located in WINDSOR, Colorado, in Weld County. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 670 students. That puts enrollment 45% larger than the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
In Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4, 15 schools enroll a combined 8,728 students.
More than half of the students at Severance Middle School are White (66%). The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The diversity index for Severance Middle School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Severance Middle School is 15.8:1, based on 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in Colorado. Lunch program data show 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Weld County is 47%.
Severance Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.9%, compared with a predicted 46.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Weld County, where median household income comes to about $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Weld County counts 116 public schools with about 61,274 students.
Severance High School is the nearest public school to Severance Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Severance Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Severance Middle School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Severance Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment increased by 14% across 4 years, from 588 in 2020-21 to 670 in 2024-25.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4
- Windsor High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Severance High SchoolHigh · 943 students
- Windsor Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Windsor Charter Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 780 students
- Range View ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Orchard Hill ElementaryElementary · 548 students
Other schools in WINDSOR
- Windsor High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Windsor Middle SchoolMiddle · 785 students
- Windsor Charter Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 780 students
- Orchard Hill ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Hollister Lake ElementaryElementary · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Severance High School0.9 mi · 943
- Hollister Lake Elementary1.2 mi · 529
- Range View Elementary1.5 mi · 584
- Windsor Charter Academy Elementary School1.9 mi · 780
- Windsor Charter Academy Early College High School2.2 mi · 435
- Windsor Charter Academy Middle School2.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Severance Middle SchoolHow large is Severance Middle School?
Severance Middle School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Severance Middle School serve?
Severance Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Severance Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Severance Middle School is approximately 15.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Severance Middle School?
Student demographics at Severance Middle School are roughly 66% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Severance Middle School public or private?
Severance Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-4.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.